A military plane crashed into the sea in Sevastopol. The governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced this in a statement. telegram channel.
“I see that Ukraine’s public pages publish a lot of different information,” he said.
The head of the federal city emphasized that no civilian facilities were damaged. According to him, the pilot managed to eject and was caught by employees of the Sevastopol Rescue Service about 200 meters from the shore. Razvozhaev emphasized that the pilot’s life was no longer in danger.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in mid-March instructed The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation will publish the results of the investigation into the crash of the Il-76 military transport aircraft in the Belgorod region.
Before that, the Ministry of Defense of Russia reportedIt was stated that the cause of the accident was a fire in one of the engines. The equipment caught fire during takeoff, after which the Il-76 crew attempted an emergency landing. However, the plane could not reach the runway and crashed to the ground.
Previously F-16 fighter jet collapsed in Greece.